Automatic cash-carrier



(No Model.)

J. W. FLAGG. AUTOMATIC CASH CARRIER.

No. 308,033. Patented Nov. 11, 1884'.

N. PETERS. PM10-magnum. vlamingen. D. c,

- UNTTT STaTns FATTNT @Trient JOSEPH WALTER FLAGG, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

AUTOMATIC CASHHCARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,033, dated November 11, 1884.

l Application filed June 20,1884. (No model.)

To c/,ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josnrrr WALTER FLAGG, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic'OashGarriers,of which the following is a specification, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a sectional view of the two hemispheres A and B, forming my carrier, the sections taken on lines X X and S S, Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 2 is a detached sectional view of the metallic tube in the hemisphere B; Fig. 3, a similar view of the tube in A. Figs. 4. and 5 are plan views of the hemispheres A and B.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

My invention relates to the casl1-carrier,and is an improvement upon the carrier which formed the subject of Letters Patent No. 277,892, granted to me May 22, 1883, to which reference may be had for a general description of the carrier.

A and B denote the two hemispheres forming a spherical carrier, each having an outer and inner tube, a b and fg, and central elastic diaphragms, e and h, as described in the Letters Iatent above referred to. In my present invention the outer tube, a, in the hemisphere A has a dange, a, both in one piecc,the flange a recessed in the plane face of the hemisphere A,resting on a seat or shelf, and is attached by screws k 7s, and the outer tube, f, in the hemisphere B has a similar flange recessed in the plane surface of the hemisphere B both in one piece, and attached by the screws k.

To the flange a', I attach the spring-catches c c, and around the outer tube, f, I form a shoulder, j, in proper position on the tube toreceive the spring-catches c c and hold the plane surfaces of the two hemispheres firmly in contact. The end of the tube f may be beveled, as at f2, allowing it to slide easily past struction is subject to several objections. The

spring-catches had to be long enough to vproject beyond the plane surface of the hemisphere to which they were attached, so as to extend into the opposite hemisphere. This was a great disadvantage, as the projecting springs were unsightly, and were liable to be loosened from the hemisphere by lateral strains at their ends, and the method of construction was expensive, as the lip had to be formed separately from the tube. In my present form the springs are entirely contained in the re cess of the hemisphere to which they are attached. The lip f may be formed at the same time the tube is made and' at the Ksame operation, effecting a saving, as found inpractice, of over one-half in the cost of making the carrier.

'The only portion of the carrier in my present construction which projects beyond the plane surfaces of the hemispheres is the tube j', which is rigidly attached to the hemisphere B, and, entering the recess in the opposite hemisphere A, serves as a guide to bring the two hemispheres concentric. In the form shown in Letters Patent No. 277,892 the projecting -springs were liable to become bent in using the carrier. In the application for Letters Patent filed by me April 5, 188i, Serial No. 126,798, the diaphragm-carrying tubes are held in a circular plate or disk recessed in the plane surface of the hemispheres, the outer tubes being screwed into an opening in the center of the disks. In my present improved method of forming the carrier I make the outer tube, a, with a flange, a', both in one piece, and the inner tube, b, iiush with the iiange a', the end of the inner tube and the flange a both resting on a step or shelf formed in the outer shell ofthe carrier, while the diaphragm c is stretched across the outer end of the tube I), and is firmly held between the surfaces of the two tubes a and b in contact. I thereby avoid a considerable expense, as the tube and flange may be spun from the same IOO piece of metal, and I further concentrate the weight of the metal tubes near the center of the Carrier, which is an advantage, as the farther removed the weight of the metal tubes from the center the greater care must be taken to balance the carrier.

Vhat I claim as my present invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the hollow heinispheres A and B, of the outer tube, a, having a flange, a, at one end, both in one piece, and carrying an inner tube, b, and elastic diaphragln e, outer tube, f, having a iiange, i, at one end, both in one piece, and carrying an inner tube, y, and diaphragm 7L, the said flanges being,` recessed in and attached to the heinispheres A and B, as and for the purpose Set forth.

JOSEPH WALTER FLAGG.

NVitn esses:

RUEUs BENNETT FOWLER, HENRY E. HILL. 

